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If it be not point blank to his humour, his method, his conceit, [112] si quid, forsan omissum, quod is animo conceperit, si quae dictio, &c.
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Originally, the idea referred to the different ways in which a word or expression (dictio) is able to signify something.
Thomas of Erfurt Zupko, Jack 2006
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Id hoc scire debemus quod F littera tum scribitur cum Latina dictio scribitur, ut _felix_.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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[Greek letter: digamma] _digamma_ quotiens ab [Greek: r] incipit dictio quae solet aspirari, ut [Greek transliteration: raetor], [Greek transliteration: braetor] dicunt, quod _digamma_ nisi vocali praeponi et in principio syllabae non potest.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Finales dictionis subtrahitur M in metro plerumque, si a vocali incipit sequens dictio, ut:
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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[Keil.v. I.p. 431.] (Acutus) apud Latinos duo tantum loca tenent, paenultimum et antepaenultimum; circumflexus autem, quotlibet syllabarum sit dictio, non tenebit nisi paenultimum locum.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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This distinction between antinomy (contra-lex) and contradiction (contra-dictio) shows in what sense it can be said that, in a certain class of ideas and facts, the argument of contradiction has not the same value as in mathematics.
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
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It may therefore be conceived that it is not easy to find any particular _dictio_.
The evolution of English lexicography James Augustus Henry Murray 1876
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Porro discolor est dictio: magniloquentia affectatur, sed nimis turgida illa atque effusa, nec sententiarum pondere satis suffulta.
Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866
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